Right guys, I'm new to this forum & thought that I would introduce myself.
I'm a time served carpenter by trade that has dragged myself up from the tools & now have a shirt & tie job in construction.
I've had a hankering for turning as I'm one of the old time served carpenters that always had a tendency for anything made from wood. As the years have gone on I managed to accumulate all sorts of tools in the garage that could never be used for cars, I saw a draper swivelhead lathe very local on fleabay in excellent condition
Thought this was too good an opportunity to miss I picked it up.
You know youtube is really a godsend (as long as you dont take the american videos too seriously)
To cut a long story short after some years we now have bandsaws, benchsaw, belt sander, chainsaws a vast selection of powered drills, together with (i think) everything else, and have now also been woodturning for a few months now. The mrs has also becoming more profient that I am as she spends more time at home but dislikes forums. She has always called me "a man of wood" in a good sense.
Needless to say we ended up recently picking up an old treadle wood lathe that needs a wee bit of work, and are waiting for 4m x 3m log cabin to be delivered next week.
Eventually after years of squeezing into a garage, we now suddenly need a dedicated workshop once she has become interested....Its a strange old world.
I'm a time served carpenter by trade that has dragged myself up from the tools & now have a shirt & tie job in construction.
I've had a hankering for turning as I'm one of the old time served carpenters that always had a tendency for anything made from wood. As the years have gone on I managed to accumulate all sorts of tools in the garage that could never be used for cars, I saw a draper swivelhead lathe very local on fleabay in excellent condition
Thought this was too good an opportunity to miss I picked it up.
You know youtube is really a godsend (as long as you dont take the american videos too seriously)
To cut a long story short after some years we now have bandsaws, benchsaw, belt sander, chainsaws a vast selection of powered drills, together with (i think) everything else, and have now also been woodturning for a few months now. The mrs has also becoming more profient that I am as she spends more time at home but dislikes forums. She has always called me "a man of wood" in a good sense.
Needless to say we ended up recently picking up an old treadle wood lathe that needs a wee bit of work, and are waiting for 4m x 3m log cabin to be delivered next week.
Eventually after years of squeezing into a garage, we now suddenly need a dedicated workshop once she has become interested....Its a strange old world.
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